Candy Bunny Reader

All the books I read in December! I read a total of 14 books . I hope your reading month was great, too! As usual, links to full reviews will be available if applicable. 1. The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This is about Max, a rich boy who's family wanted him to grow up with the best life possible, so his parents sign a contract to send him to a whatnot school. Those are schools where all the children are actually very humanoid robots who are all nice and well-behaved. Max becomes friends with a whatnot named Josie. But Josie has her own secret: she's actually human. Max then gets a strange note from Josie one day telling him "No matter what anyone tells you--I'm real". Max doesn't understand what it means at first, but eventually he, Josie, and some new friends find out about the truth about the whatnots and their shady corporation. Very cool book! Gave it 4 stars .  2. Magical Boy 1 by The Kao . This is about Max, a trans boy who is de...

The PERFECT romance book! Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee is about Dylan, a teenage boy who works at his Aunt Jade's Singaporean Chinese takeout shop. His family has been struggling financially, and they are worried they won't be able to keep the shop open. Dylan finds out about a mooncake making contest run by a celebrity chef named Lawrence Lim. The winner will get their restaurant showcased on Lim's TV show. Dylan decides to enter the contest, thinking if the shop makes some publicity, they might get more customers.  Then, one day Dylan accidentally gets the order wrong of a rich customer named Adrian, and Adrian makes a big deal out of it. Adrien's equally rich friend Theo, who was there when the incident happened, makes up for it by visiting and eating at the takeout shop. Eventually Theo and Dylan become friends, and Theo decides to make a donation to Dylan's aunt Jade to keep the shop afloat for much longer. Dylan's family is very happy about it. Th...